“A vague and inchoate novel with some passionate and delightful descriptions of Nature. The theme, very indecisively worked out, is that of a young priest’s rebellion against celibacy, stimulated by the attractions of a girl whom he drove from the parish because she had gone wrong.”—(_Baker_). Scene: Connaught and Kilronan Abbey. The story seems meant to uphold the purely Hedonistic view of life. =MOORE, Sidney O.= ⸺ THE FAMILY OF GLENCARRA: a Tale of the Irish Rebellion. Pp. 154. (_Bath_). Six illustr. of little value. _n.d._ (1858). Ninety-eight (Humbert’s Invasion) seen from the standpoint of the “Irish Society” (a proselytising organisation). The book is intended to set forth “the ignorance and degradation peculiar to the Romish districts of Ireland,” and tells how Aileen who was engaged to one of the rebels (a murderer) is converted, and endeavours to convert others, with varying success. The book is full of calumnies against, and grotesque misrepresentations of, the Catholic Church. It closes with an appeal to the “Daughters of England” for funds for the Irish Society. =MORAN, D. P.= Editor since its inception of the LEADER (Dublin). A Waterford man. ⸺ TOM O’KELLY. Pp. 232. (_Duffy_). 3_s._ 6_d._ 1905. An ugly picture of lower middle class life in a small Irish provincial town. It depicts the vulgarity and shoneenism of this class, its drunkenness, its efforts to imitate the well-to-do Protestant better classes, &c., &c. Unsparing ridicule is showered upon Nationalist politics and politicians. The unpleasantness of the picture is somewhat relieved by the doings of Tom O’Kelly and the juvenile Ballytowners. Very slight plot. =MORAN, J. J.= ⸺ THE DUNFERRY RISIN’. (_Digby, Long_). 1894. A study of the Fenian movement. The EVENING SUN of London devoted a two-column review to the book, written by an old participator in the Fenian movement (we understand that the writer was the late J. F. X. O’Brien, M.P.), in which the story was described as one of the most vivid pictures of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and their movement that had yet been written. ⸺ IRISH STEW. (_Digby, Long_). 1895. A collection of humorous stories. “Jack Arnold’s Tour,” the longest story, may be taken as typical. It relates the comical adventures of an English visitor at Bundoran. The stories are remarkable for their spirited and racy dialogue. ⸺ STORIES OF THE IRISH REBELLION. (ABERDEEN: _Moran_). 1_s._ 6_d._ Short stories, noteworthy for vividness and dramatic power (for example, the story of Leonie Guiscard and Teeling). Humour and pathos alternate. Neither is overdone.—(Publ.). ⸺ TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN GREEN. (ABERDEEN: _Moran_). 6_s._ 1898.